Biochemical characterization of predicted Precambrian RuBisCO.

abstract：:Imputing genotypes from reference panels created by whole-genome sequencing (WGS) provides a cost-effective strategy for augmenting the single-nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) content of genome-wide arrays. The UK10K Cohorts project has generated a data set of 3,781 whole genomes sequenced at low depth (average 7x), aimi...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Huang J,Howie B,McCarthy S,Memari Y,Walter K,Min JL,Danecek P,Malerba G,Trabetti E,Zheng HF,UK10K Consortium.,Gambaro G,Richards JB,Durbin R,Timpson NJ,Marchini J,Soranzo N

更新日期：2015-09-14 00:00:00

abstract：:MeCP2 plays a multifaceted role in gene expression regulation and chromatin organization. Interaction between MeCP2 and methylated DNA in the regulation of gene expression is well established. However, the widespread distribution of MeCP2 suggests it has additional interactions with chromatin. Here we demonstrate, by ...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Lee W,Kim J,Yun JM,Ohn T,Gong Q

更新日期：2020-06-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Reliable quantum information processing in the face of errors is a major fundamental and technological challenge. Quantum error correction protects quantum states by encoding a logical quantum bit (qubit) in multiple physical qubits. To be compatible with universal fault-tolerant computations, it is essential that sta...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Cramer J,Kalb N,Rol MA,Hensen B,Blok MS,Markham M,Twitchen DJ,Hanson R,Taminiau TH

更新日期：2016-05-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Macrophages play crucial roles in host defence and tissue homoeostasis, processes in which both environmental stimuli and intracellularly generated metabolites influence activation of macrophages. Activated macrophages are classified into M1 and M2 macrophages. It remains unclear how intracellular nutrition sufficienc...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Kimura T,Nada S,Takegahara N,Okuno T,Nojima S,Kang S,Ito D,Morimoto K,Hosokawa T,Hayama Y,Mitsui Y,Sakurai N,Sarashina-Kida H,Nishide M,Maeda Y,Takamatsu H,Okuzaki D,Yamada M,Okada M,Kumanogoh A

更新日期：2016-10-12 00:00:00

abstract：:The expression and stabilization of recombinant proteins is fundamental to basic and applied biology. Here we have engineered a thermostable protein nanoparticle (tES) to improve both expression and stabilization of recombinant proteins using this technology. tES provides steric accommodation and charge complementatio...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Deshpande S,Masurkar ND,Girish VM,Desai M,Chakraborty G,Chan JM,Drum CL

更新日期：2017-11-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Liquid crystalline network (LCN) actuator normally deforms upon thermally or optically induced order-disorder phase transition, switching once between two shapes (shape 1 in LC phase and shape 2 in isotropic state) for each stimulation on/off cycle. Herein, we report an LCN actuator that deforms from shape 1 to shape ...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Xiao YY,Jiang ZC,Hou JB,Zhao Y

更新日期：2021-01-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Sensory perception modulates health and aging across taxa. Understanding the nature of relevant cues and the mechanisms underlying their action may lead to novel interventions that improve the length and quality of life. We found that in the vinegar fly, Drosophila melanogaster, exposure to dead conspecifics in the en...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Chakraborty TS,Gendron CM,Lyu Y,Munneke AS,DeMarco MN,Hoisington ZW,Pletcher SD

更新日期：2019-05-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Epitaxial films may be released from growth substrates and transferred to structurally and chemically incompatible substrates, but epitaxial films of transition metal perovskite oxides have not been transferred to electroactive substrates for voltage control of their myriad functional properties. Here we demonstrate g...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Pesquera D,Khestanova E,Ghidini M,Zhang S,Rooney AP,Maccherozzi F,Riego P,Farokhipoor S,Kim J,Moya X,Vickers ME,Stelmashenko NA,Haigh SJ,Dhesi SS,Mathur ND

更新日期：2020-06-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Thousands of tons of isotopic mixtures are processed annually for heavy-water production and tritium decontamination. The existing technologies remain extremely energy intensive and require large capital investments. New approaches are needed to reduce the industry's footprint. Recently, micrometre-size crystals of gr...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Lozada-Hidalgo M,Zhang S,Hu S,Esfandiar A,Grigorieva IV,Geim AK

更新日期：2017-05-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Lymphocyte function-associated antigen 1 (LFA-1) affinity and avidity changes have been assumed to mediate adhesion to intercellular adhesion molecule-1 for T-cell conjugation to dendritic cells (DC). Although the T-cell receptor (TCR) and LFA-1 can generate intracellular signals, the immune cell adaptor protein linke...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Raab M,Lu Y,Kohler K,Smith X,Strebhardt K,Rudd CE

更新日期：2017-07-12 00:00:00

abstract：:An amendment to this paper has been published and can be accessed via a link at the top of the paper. ...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Osuna-Cruz CM,Bilcke G,Vancaester E,De Decker S,Bones AM,Winge P,Poulsen N,Bulankova P,Verhelst B,Audoor S,Belisova D,Pargana A,Russo M,Stock F,Cirri E,Brembu T,Pohnert G,Piganeau G,Ferrante MI,Mock T,Sterck L,S

更新日期：2020-10-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) is an ultrasensitive analytical technique with molecular specificity, making it an ideal candidate for therapeutic drug monitoring (TDM). However, in critical diagnostic media including blood, nonspecific protein adsorption coupled with weak surface affinities and small Raman...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Sun F,Hung HC,Sinclair A,Zhang P,Bai T,Galvan DD,Jain P,Li B,Jiang S,Yu Q

更新日期：2016-11-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Semaphorins and their transmembrane receptors, Plexins, are key regulators of axon guidance and development of neuronal connectivity. B-type Plexins respond to Class IV semaphorins and mediate a variety of developmental functions. Here we report that the expression of Plexin-B2 and its high-affinity ligand, Sema4C, pe...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Paldy E,Simonetti M,Worzfeld T,Bali KK,Vicuña L,Offermanns S,Kuner R

更新日期：2017-08-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Superchiral light, generated by the interference of two counter-propagating circularly polarized light (CPL) with same frequency, opposite handedness and different intensity, exhibits enhanced dissymmetry in its interaction with chiral molecules, and has the potential for ultrasensitive detection and characterization ...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： He C,Yang G,Kuai Y,Shan S,Yang L,Hu J,Zhang D,Zhang Q,Zou G

更新日期：2018-11-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Antibiotic resistance is ancient and widespread in environmental bacteria. These are therefore reservoirs of resistance elements and reflective of the natural history of antibiotics and resistance. In a previous study, we discovered that multi-drug resistance is common in bacteria isolated from Lechuguilla Cave, an un...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Pawlowski AC,Wang W,Koteva K,Barton HA,McArthur AG,Wright GD

更新日期：2016-12-08 00:00:00

abstract：:The early diversification of animals (∼ 630 Ma), and their development into both motile and macroscopic forms (∼ 575-565 Ma), has been linked to stepwise increases in the oxygenation of Earth's surface environment. However, establishing such a linkage between oxygen and evolution for the later Cambrian 'explosion' (54...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Chen X,Ling HF,Vance D,Shields-Zhou GA,Zhu M,Poulton SW,Och LM,Jiang SY,Li D,Cremonese L,Archer C

更新日期：2015-05-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Systems-wide profiling of breast cancer has almost always entailed RNA and DNA analysis by microarray and sequencing techniques. Marked developments in proteomic technologies now enable very deep profiling of clinical samples, with high identification and quantification accuracy. We analysed 40 oestrogen receptor posi...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Tyanova S,Albrechtsen R,Kronqvist P,Cox J,Mann M,Geiger T

更新日期：2016-01-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Increased aerobic glycolysis in endothelial cells of atheroprone areas of blood vessels has been hypothesized to drive increased inflammation and lesion burden but direct links remain to be established. Here we show that endothelial cells exposed to disturbed flow in vivo and in vitro exhibit increased levels of prote...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Yang Q,Xu J,Ma Q,Liu Z,Sudhahar V,Cao Y,Wang L,Zeng X,Zhou Y,Zhang M,Xu Y,Wang Y,Weintraub NL,Zhang C,Fukai T,Wu C,Huang L,Han Z,Wang T,Fulton DJ,Hong M,Huo Y

更新日期：2018-11-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Pollinators tend to be preferentially attracted to large floral displays that may comprise more than one plant in a patch. Attracting pollinators thus not only benefits individuals investing in advertising, but also other plants in a patch through a 'magnet' effect. Accordingly, there could be an indirect fitness adva...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Torices R,Gómez JM,Pannell JR

更新日期：2018-05-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Although influenza viruses lead to severe illness in high-risk populations, host genetic factors associated with severe disease are largely unknown. As the HLA-A*68:01 allele can be linked to severe pandemic 2009-H1N1 disease, we investigate a potential impairment of HLA-A*68:01-restricted CD8+ T cells to mount robust...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： van de Sandt CE,Clemens EB,Grant EJ,Rowntree LC,Sant S,Halim H,Crowe J,Cheng AC,Kotsimbos TC,Richards M,Miller A,Tong SYC,Rossjohn J,Nguyen THO,Gras S,Chen W,Kedzierska K

更新日期：2019-12-06 00:00:00

abstract：:How stem cells give rise to epidermis is unclear despite the crucial role the epidermis plays in barrier and appendage formation. Here we use single cell-RNA sequencing to interrogate basal stem cell heterogeneity of human interfollicular epidermis and find four spatially distinct stem cell populations at the top and ...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Wang S,Drummond ML,Guerrero-Juarez CF,Tarapore E,MacLean AL,Stabell AR,Wu SC,Gutierrez G,That BT,Benavente CA,Nie Q,Atwood SX

更新日期：2020-08-25 00:00:00

abstract：:RNAs contain post-transcriptional modifications, which fulfill a variety of functions in translation, secondary structure stabilization and cellular stress survival. Here, 2-methylthiocytidine (ms2C) is identified in tRNA of E. coli and P. aeruginosa using NAIL-MS (nucleic acid isotope labeling coupled mass spectromet...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Reichle VF,Petrov DP,Weber V,Jung K,Kellner S

更新日期：2019-12-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Many crystals, such as those of metals, can transform from one symmetry into another having lower free energy via a diffusionless transformation. Here we create binary colloidal crystals consisting of polymer microspheres, pulled together by DNA bridges, that induce specific, reversible attractions between two species...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Casey MT,Scarlett RT,Rogers WB,Jenkins I,Sinno T,Crocker JC

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glioblastoma (GBM) is the most common primary adult brain tumor. Despite extensive efforts, the median survival for GBM patients is approximately 14 months. GBM therapy could benefit greatly from patient-specific targeted therapies that maximize treatment efficacy. Here we report a platform termed SynergySeq to identi...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Stathias V,Jermakowicz AM,Maloof ME,Forlin M,Walters W,Suter RK,Durante MA,Williams SL,Harbour JW,Volmar CH,Lyons NJ,Wahlestedt C,Graham RM,Ivan ME,Komotar RJ,Sarkaria JN,Subramanian A,Golub TR,Schürer SC,Ayad NG

更新日期：2018-12-14 00:00:00

abstract：:The rapid spread of Zika virus (ZIKV), which causes microcephaly and Guillain-Barré syndrome, signals an urgency to identify therapeutics. Recent efforts to rescreen dengue virus human antibodies for ZIKV cross-neutralization activity showed antibody C10 as one of the most potent. To investigate the ability of the ant...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Zhang S,Kostyuchenko VA,Ng TS,Lim XN,Ooi JSG,Lambert S,Tan TY,Widman DG,Shi J,Baric RS,Lok SM

更新日期：2016-11-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Nanoparticles hosted in conductive matrices are ubiquitous in electrochemical energy storage, catalysis and energetic devices. However, agglomeration and surface oxidation remain as two major challenges towards their ultimate utility, especially for highly reactive materials. Here we report uniformly distributed nanop...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Chen Y,Egan GC,Wan J,Zhu S,Jacob RJ,Zhou W,Dai J,Wang Y,Danner VA,Yao Y,Fu K,Wang Y,Bao W,Li T,Zachariah MR,Hu L

更新日期：2016-08-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Designing chiral materials to manipulate the biological activities of cells has been an important area not only in chemistry and material science, but also in cell biology and biomedicine. Here, we introduce monolayer plasmonic chiral Au nanoparticle (NP) films modified with L- or D-penicillamine (Pen) to be developed...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Zhao X,Xu L,Sun M,Ma W,Wu X,Xu C,Kuang H

更新日期：2017-12-08 00:00:00

abstract：:OPCML, a tumor suppressor gene, is frequently silenced epigenetically in ovarian and other cancers. Here we report, by analysis of databases of tumor sequences, the observation of OPCML somatic missense mutations from various tumor types and the impact of these mutations on OPCML function, by solving the X-ray crystal...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Birtley JR,Alomary M,Zanini E,Antony J,Maben Z,Weaver GC,Von Arx C,Mura M,Marinho AT,Lu H,Morecroft EVN,Karali E,Chayen NE,Tate EW,Jurewicz M,Stern LJ,Recchi C,Gabra H

更新日期：2019-07-17 00:00:00

abstract：:One of the primary efforts in influenza vaccine strain recommendation is to monitor through gene sequencing the viral surface protein haemagglutinin (HA) variants that lead to viral antigenic changes. Here we have developed a computational method, denoted as PREDAC, to predict antigenic clusters of influenza A (H3N2) ...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Du X,Dong L,Lan Y,Peng Y,Wu A,Zhang Y,Huang W,Wang D,Wang M,Guo Y,Shu Y,Jiang T

更新日期：2012-02-28 00:00:00

abstract：:A widely appreciated aspect of developmental robustness is pattern formation in proportion to size. But how such scaling features emerge dynamically remains poorly understood. Here we generate a data set of the expression profiles of six gap genes in Drosophila melanogaster embryos that differ significantly in size. E...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Wu H,Manu,Jiao R,Ma J

更新日期：2015-12-08 00:00:00